Senior Software Engineer-Typescript

External Description

We won’t stand over your shoulder. We won’t get in your way. We certainly won’t hold you back. You’ll bring the expertise. We’ll provide the platform to succeed.

Ready?

It’s time to do your thing.

Who you’ll be working with:

Join Liberty IT as a Senior Software Engineer working on AI research, experimentation and enablement. You will deliver high‑quality software, prototype and produce cutting‑edge AI features, and help grow an AI‑focused delivery capability. This is a fast‑paced, frequently pivoting environment where ambiguity is expected and creative problem solving is required.

Experience and skills we need:

TypeScript and NodeJS exposure

Gen AI exposure/inate interest in AI

A third level qualification in Software Engineering, Computer Science or STEM subject and 3 years’ software development experience in a commercial environment; or current and valid industry recognised certifications and 5 years’ software development experience in a commercial environment

Have worked with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Git, or similar, for deployment purposes

Feature or function design and delivery as part of an agile software development team (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.).

Have worked with Product Owners, customers, end-users, or stakeholders in the delivery of software, solutions, or products.

Experience and skills we’d love:

We’ve included some further skills and experience that would be great. However, don’t rule yourself out if you haven’t had the opportunity to develop these yet, we have a learning culture at Liberty IT so we will support your career growth with us.

Have worked in the development of cloud native solutions, ideally working with AWS.

React / some framework exposure

What you’ll be doing:

Be part of a team who are working to solve complex business problems by delivering high-quality software that provides an outstanding experience for our customers.

Write clean code in line with the team’s set standards. Look for ways to improve your team’s coding standards.

Own, scope and deliver well defined deliverables or stories. Communicate and update your progress regularly at stand-ups or similar agile events.

Mentor and guide more junior team members to deliver well defined features, functions or components.

Collaborate closely and cooperatively with your technical and non-technical teams to work towards the best solution that maximises value to the customer.

Contribute to a culture of code quality and implement automated, unit and integration testing as part of the software development lifecycle. Apply good security processes such as threat modelling to the code you develop.

Implement your team’s approach to delivering high quality, tested code. Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines. Play a lead role in code reviews and actively review pull requests from other team members.

Grow your knowledge of architecture, modern engineering principles and design patterns.

Assess the business value of new technologies and technical solutions using a data-driven approach and implement them to the development life cycle.

Supported by senior team members, seek opportunities to share and celebrate what you’ve learned through internal tech talks, blogging and external events.

What we’re looking for in behaviour and approach:

Comfortable working in the grey and adapting to changing priorities.

Curious, experimental mindset with an appetite for rapid prototyping and iteration.

Collaborative communicator who can translate between technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Quality‑focused engineer with an interest in observability, reliability and security

What’s on offer

Feel safe and secure whatever life brings, with health insurance (including access to a digital doctor), life assurance and income protection.

Enjoy both today and tomorrow with employee discount schemes, annual bonuses and a competitive pension.

Protect your wellbeing with flexible working and a real work-life balance. Specifically, we have adopted a hybrid remote and in-office working culture, meaning you have ultimate flexibility in your work environment.

Grow yourself, your career and reputation through continuous learning, promotion opportunities and our generous recognition programme.